shavent razor

I can vouch for Merkur (Germany), Edwin Jagger (England), Fatip (Italy), and Muhle (Germany) who manufacturer excellent DE safety razors. They've been around for a long time and their products are well known and well loved.

DE razor blades are extremely inexpensive and minimize waste.

I've been using double edge safety razors for a long time since other methods were never comfortable. I also liked to experiment with different hardware and soaps until I found my preference. I would recommend against using a razor with a design that has multiple stacked blades.

The additional blades often cause additional irritation because the first blade removes the shaving cream, so additional blades are scraping the skin without sufficient lubrication. If you are prone to ingrown hairs, these are also likely to make that much worse.

If you want a closer shave, I recommend doing multiple passes (with the grain, then across, then against; skip the against the grain pass in sensitive areas or entirely) and reapply shaving cream between passes.

Lastly, I prefer having a fixed head razor (no pivot) because then I can control the angle. This allows you to adjust to the cutting angle of the blade and to adjust the aggressiveness of the cut in different areas. A pivoting head takes away this control.

If you need recommendations, for gear let me know. I'm happy to share my knowledge.

Don't know about this brand, but anyone who has never tried should at least give safety razors a shot. Cheap razors, less waste, recyclable metal, better shave. No reason not to. No one needs 5 fucking blades and spend £5 per cartridge.

My friend swears by Leaf and I ordered one but haven't tried it yet. Shortly after ordering mine they announced the new Leaf 2.

Shavettes with those single edge razors are maybe even harder to use than a straight razor.

Most double edge razors are very safe and easy to use although they can vary a lot from design and brand. Also a lot of razors can have a judge effect in the shave quality but it's worth trying out because they are a lot cheaper and even the bad ones can be better than the commercial alternatives

So they're selling you an overdesigned product that's useless unless you buy their bespoke razor blades and not the ubiquitous razor blades that are easy to sharpen, and have worked for the past hundred years?

This is just Juicero but for shaving.

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https://www.drbronner.com/search?q=shave

Dr. Bronner Shaving Soaps.

Best I've ever used. Feels great on the skin, and you can use it with or without a brush.

Gilette has normal "safety razors" and blades afaik. I have a random gilette safety razor as it was the only brand available in a drugstore nearby

You might want to consider a Blackbeards razor.

Haven't used this one since I'm more than happy with their (discontinued) shavette, and the fact that I sport a full beard 😁

Bought one for my father in law and he's happy with it. If you have any questions Mike from Blackbeards is really responsive and knows his stuff. Costumer service is the complete opposite of what one is usually used to in Germany.

I don't shave close, I just use a trimmer. Originally this is because of my sensitive skin, but it also serves as a great way to avoid spending $23 for a 4-pack of replacement blades.

Do you often nick yourself with a disposable razor?

I got a safety razor(not this brand) a few years back as a present and never had a problem with it. I use it to this day.

This is exactly what I've been looking for. A safety razor where you split the blade in half for 2 blades. This would be great, but the price of $150 is unrealistic when I can get a quality safety razor for $10.